Published in Hepatitis Weekly, July 4th, 2005
Study 1: Regulatory T cells in liver cancer patients may hinder cancer immunotherapy.
According to recent research published in the journal Cancer Research, "hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common cancer worldwide with a poor prognosis and one for which immunotherapy remains a viable option. Experimental tumor models have shown that regulatory T cells, a functionally unique subset of T cells, can suppress effective antitumor immune responses. This suppression might explain the poor outcome of some of the immunotherapy protocols currently being used."
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2005-07-04)
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